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Where to find Red-tailed Hawk in December
within 25 miles of Santa Barbara County, CA, USA

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Red-tailed Hawk in December. Because some locations may be undersampled, the results are sorted based on a confidence score which takes into account how many samples are available. The bar chart shows how the probability of observing this species varies over the year.

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Rank Map Pics Location Distance Observed Sampled Frequency Confidence
1 Orcutt Community Park 2.1 15 16 93.8% 71.7%
2 Los Alamos--Wastewater Treatment Plant (8690 Bell Street) 11.3 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
3 Rancho Sisquoc Winery (restricted access) 14.1 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
4 Santa Maria Mesa Road Ponds 10.6 18 23 78.3% 58.1%
5 Huasna Road 19.5 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
6 Santa Ynez River at Santa Rosa Road 22.2 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
7 Brown Road at Corralitos Canyon 10.3 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
8 Suey Creek Rd. 13.8 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
9 Los Flores Ranch Open Space 7.0 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
10 Guadalupe Pasture (restricted access) 11.2 17 24 70.8% 50.8%
11 Lopez Lake 23.9 17 25 68.0% 48.4%
12 Biddle County Park 23.3 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
13 Barka Slough 5.3 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
14 Santa Maria Country Club (restricted access) 4.4 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
15 Colson Canyon 16.4 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
16 Pioneer Park 2.7 25 43 58.1% 43.3%
17 Santa Maria River Estuary (SBA Co.) 13.6 36 66 54.5% 42.6%
18 Santa Maria WTP 7.5 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
19 Fairway Drive x A Street, Santa Maria 4.8 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
20 Sweeney Rd. pullout 14.3 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
21 Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Park--from entrance to sand plant 12.4 11 18 61.1% 38.6%
22 Birabent Canyon 23.7 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
23 Graciosa Rd--south of Rice Ranch Rd (public part only) 0.5 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
24 San Miguelito Road at Sudden Road 18.9 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
25 River Park (SBA Co.) 13.2 21 43 48.8% 34.6%
26 Zaca Creek Golf Course Parking Area 21.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
27 Foxen Canyon Rd (south of Zaca Station Rd. crossing) 21.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
28 Vandenberg AFB--south inland (restricted access) 17.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
29 Waller Park 4.2 62 152 40.8% 33.3%
30 Los Alamos Park 12.6 10 19 52.6% 31.7%
31 Surf Beach 13.9 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
32 Vandenberg Space Force Base (formerly VAFB)--Lake Canyon Ponds (restricted access) 9.3 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
33 Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.) 13.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
34 Midland School (restricted access) 22.4 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
35 Marshallia Ranch Golf Course (closed, restricted access) 6.7 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
36 VSFB--Cocheo Park (restricted access) 8.7 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
37 Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean) 15.8 62 170 36.5% 29.6%
38 Jack O'Connell Park 10.9 20 47 42.6% 29.5%
39 Ocean Beach County Park 13.3 51 143 35.7% 28.3%
40 Jalama Beach County Park 23.2 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
41 Zaca Station Rd. 20.4 9 19 47.4% 27.3%
42 Mud Lake at Via Santa Maria 3.3 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
43 Santa Maria Cemetery 6.5 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
44 Casmalia--Point Sal Road 4.1 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
45 Mitchell Road, Santa Maria 3.1 9 20 45.0% 25.8%
46 River View Park and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden (Santa Barbara Co.) 21.3 5 10 50.0% 23.7%
47 Pismo Preserve 24.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
48 Maramonte Park 4.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
49 lower Figueroa Mountain Rd. (between SR 154 and Birabent Cyn.) 22.6 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
50 Mentone Basin Park 20.7 8 21 38.1% 20.8%
51 Arroyo Grande Creek-Lower 19.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
52 Halcyon 19.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
53 Palmer Rd 9.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
54 Andrew Murray Vineyards 20.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
55 Dangermond Preserve--Cojo Bay Road Arroyos (restricted access) 24.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
56 Jalama Road--Hwy 1 to Jalama Saddle 20.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
57 Vandenberg SFB (restricted access)--Minuteman Beach 8.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
58 A St. ponds 5.9 18 61 29.5% 19.6%
59 Miguelito County Park 17.4 17 58 29.3% 19.2%
60 Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Bridge 20.0 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
61 Vandenberg Village--golf course The Mission Club (restricted) 9.1 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
62 Point Sal Trail 10.6 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
63 Jim May Park (fmr River Oaks Park) 9.2 18 65 27.7% 18.3%
64 Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve 22.1 15 55 27.3% 17.3%
65 Black Road pasture 6.3 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
66 Orcutt Trail East--Black Oak and Brodie Trails 3.3 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
67 Preisker Park 9.7 6 19 31.6% 15.4%
68 Pismo Beach Clay Tennis Counts 24.0 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
69 Pasadera Homes Pond 9.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
70 Vandenberg AFB--Triangle Pond 6.2 6 20 30.0% 14.5%
71 Foxen Canyon Rd. (north of Zaca Canyon Rd. crossing) 20.5 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
72 Renwick Avenue 13.1 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
73 Arroyo Grande Village 20.4 5 17 29.4% 13.3%
74 Oceano Dunes SVRA 18.0 4 13 30.8% 12.7%
75 Oceano County Park 20.4 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
76 Pismo SB--Oceano Campground 20.6 15 79 19.0% 11.9%
77 Laguna County Sanitation District--WTP (restricted access) 4.2 4 14 28.6% 11.7%
78 Pismo SB--Grand Ave. access 21.7 7 31 22.6% 11.4%
79 La Purisima Mission State Historic Park 11.9 5 21 23.8% 10.6%
80 Vandenberg AFB--Point Arguello (restricted access) 21.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
81 Jalama Road 23.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
82 Tepusquet Road--north slope 18.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
83 Sisquoc River at Tepusquet Rd 11.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
84 Strother Park 20.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
85 Riverbend Park 12.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
86 Jalama Road--Jalama Beach to Jalama Saddle 22.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
87 Tepusquet Road--south slope 14.3 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
88 Pismo SB--North Beach Campground 22.2 3 13 23.1% 8.2%
89 Vandenberg AFB--Brown Beach to south of Lion Head (restricted access) 9.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
90 Mission Hills WTP 11.0 7 56 12.5% 6.2%
91 Vandenberg AFB--Point Pedernales (restricted access) 19.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
92 North Blosser Rd. Flood Control Pond 9.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
93 Orcutt Trail West--Orcutt Hill and Open Space Trails 1.8 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
94 Pismo Creek mouth 22.5 8 111 7.2% 3.7%
95 Vandenberg AFB--Surf Beach to Point Pedernales (restricted access) 16.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
96 Allan Hancock College 7.2 3 30 10.0% 3.5%
97 Ira Lease Park 22.7 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
98 Pismo Beach--town area 23.1 1 9 11.1% 2.0%
99 Pismo Beach Golf Course (Restricted Access) 21.9 1 12 8.3% 1.5%
100 Arroyo Grande Creek mouth 20.1 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
101 Margo Dodd Park 24.4 1 17 5.9% 1.0%
102 Town Center 21.1 1 18 5.6% 1.0%
103 Oso Flaco Creek Mouth/Beach 16.4 1 22 4.5% 0.8%

Created by Michael Fogleman.

Data from the eBird Basic Dataset. Version: EBD_relJan-2024. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Jan 2024.